Business Development Co-ordinator for SEND Services

3 weeks ago


Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Cambridge County Council Full time

We are seeking a self-motivated and energetic Business Development Coordinator to join our Special Educational Needs Service within Education.

The overall aim of this role is to manage the day to day business admin/support functions of the SEND including Statutory Assessment Teams as well as provide support to the Head of SEND and Strategic SEND Manager with the strategic and improvement objectives of the service.

So, are you a dynamic and driven professional looking to make a real impact within business support? Do you thrive on leading support teams, implementing change, and shaping the future of essential services? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you within the SEND Service for Cambridgeshire County Council.

For more information or a chat about this opportunity, please contact Helen Gregg, Head of Education Operations, via email -

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

  • Flexible working
  • Flexible Bank Holidays
  • A comprehensive wellbeing package
  • Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
  • A comprehensive pension scheme.
  • IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
  • Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
  • An employee recognition scheme
What will you be doing?

As a Business Development Coordinator, you'll be at the forefront of our efforts to continuously improve and enhance our business support services, working alongside operational teams. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Leadership: Lead, develop and implement the business support workforce to ensure delivery of relevant business processes and activities that provide quality, and are consistent.
  • Expertise: Provision of guidance in areas of service support such as Business Continuity Planning, Risk Management, and Internal Communications; taking the lead in relation to the areas of service expertise as appropriate, and dealing with enquires that require additional knowledge.
  • Line Management & Team Development: Line manage and supervise business support staff, and lead, motivate, and inspire support team members, fostering their professional growth and ensuring consistent service delivery.
  • Mentorship: Sharing knowledge and expertise through mentoring and coaching, nurturing talent within the team.
  • Strategic & Project Coordination: Lead and manage service projects, initiatives, and events, ensuring objectives are met. Provide advice to colleagues and senior managers on emerging business support related issues and services, making recommendations for action and highlighting areas of concern.
  • Cultural Change: Lead and foster a cultural change within Business Support and across internal services.
About you

This is a demanding but very rewarding role in a fast-paced business support environment, suited to someone with resilience and experience of working in SEND and education.

You will have line management experience and the ability to support a team working alongside operational teams, including the means and ability to travel the County to support staff in our locations.

You will have budget and resource management skills, with a proven ability to manage budgets and resources effectively. You will also be used to working on a variety of case management systems, train staff on systems and processes and monitor and review data.

Proven change management and problem solving skills, are key in this role with an ability to manage key pieces of work/projects and identify challenges, and proactively develop creative solutions to address them, fostering adaptability and innovation.

A collaborative and flexible approach to working with cross-functional teams, both internally and externally, to achieve shared goals is crucial as is flexibility, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.


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